Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

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and with the exceptions mentioned in this
section, the election shall be conducted as
far as practicable in the form and manner
OF the general election. Anyone Of the
ter to any trustee-elect the oath of office,
and the clerk Of election shall issue the
certificate of election to any trustee-elect,
who shall forward it to the county super
intendent of public schools.
Sec. 1112. 1t shall be the duty of the
district clerk to record all proceedings of
the board of trustees in q suitable book: to
record in the same book the proceedings
of the annual school meetings, or ~ofspecial
school meetings, and to keep an accurate
and detailed account Of all receipts and
expenditures Of school moneys. At each
annual school meeting the district clerk
shall present his record book for inspec-
ton, and shall make a statement Of the
financial condition of the district. Provid-
ed, that the district record book shall be
open to the public at all times tn dis
trict clerk shall report annually, during
the month Of September of each year, for
the school year next preceding to the
county superintendent, in the manner and
form, and on the blanks prescribed by the
superintendent of public instruction, and
for making said annual report on or before
the specified time, he shall be paid the
sum of five dellars, and for each day neg
lect after the time specified by law for
rendering said report, the sum Of five dol
p~erintendent from the moneys apportion-
ed to said district, and return the same to
the general school fund Of the county. 1t
shall also be the duty of the district clerk
to give written notice to the county super
intendent of the. time Of opening Of the
school in his district, the length of term,
and the names Of the teachers thereof.
lie shall also report directly to the super
intendent Of public instruction, whenever
required, the textbooks used in the
schools.
Sec. 1113. Every board of trustees,
unless otherwise especially provided by
law, shall have power, and it shall be their
duty:
First. To employ, and, for sufficient
cause, dismiss teachers, mechanics, andla-
borers, and to fly, alter, allow, and ordered
paid their salaries and compensation.
Second. To enforce the general regula-
lions of the territorial superintendent of
public instruction for the government of
schools, pupils and teachers, and to en-
force the course of study adopted in pur-
suance It territorial law.
Third. To provide and pay FOR school
furniture n apparatus, and such other
articles, materials and supplies as may be
necessary for school use or for the use of
the school board.
Fourth. To suspend or expel pupils
from school, and in cities or larger towns
to exclude from school children under six
years of age, where the interest Of the
school require such exclusion.
Fifth. To rent, furnish. repair and in
sure school houses.
Sixth. To build or remove school
houses, and purchase or sell school lots,
when the trustees may be directed by a
vote of the district so to do.
Seventh. To purchase personal proper
ty, and to receive, lease, and to hold in
fee, in trust for their district, town, or city,
any and all real or personal property for
the benefit of the schools thereof.
Eighth. To provide books for INDECENT
children on the written statement Of the
teacher that the parents Of such children
are not able to purchase them.
Ninth. To require all pupils to be fur
nished with suitable books, as a condition
of 1e1nbership in the school.
Tenth. To exclude from school and
school libraries all books, tracts, papers. or
c%atechisms of a sectarian Or political char
acter.
Eleventh. To require every teacher to
keep a school register.
Twelfth. To require teachers to make
such annual reports as may be required by
the superintendent of public instruction.
Thirteenth. To appoint a district clerk
and fix his compensation.
Fourteenth. To provide evening
schools for persons above the age of IA
years.
Sec. 1876. County school moneys may
be used by the county superintendent and
trustees for the various purposes as au-
thorized and provided in this article, and
for no other purpose, except that i'll any